cornhusking vs husking

cornhusking and husking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cornhusking	Yes	No	No	No
husking	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, husking is a hypernym of cornhusking; that is, husking is a word with a broader meaning than cornhusking:

Other hypernyms of cornhusking include baring, denudation, stripping, uncovering.

cornhusking (noun)	husking (noun)
the act of removing the husks from ears of corn	the removal of covering
a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn